Details

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

41 x 51 cm

Art Fund grant:

£23,210 ( Total: £69,631)

Acquired in:

2004

Vendor:

Bonhams

They wait in the dark for the milk train that will take him away. It is almost certainly auto-biographical as Scott was separated from his wife Mary in 1942 after he joined the Royal Engineers. Scott's wartime paintings were either a visualisation of his own inner feelings or his experiences as a soldier.